1.
Ricky Gervais
was in a new wave group in the 1980s called
Seona Dancing
. . . and they actually had a song called
“More to Lose”
that was a huge hit in the Philippines.
2. The Hard Rock Café is owned by the Seminole tribe in Florida. They bought all the restaurants, hotels, and casinos in 2006 for just under $1 billion.
3.
“O Canada”
only became the official Canadian national anthem in 1980. The official anthem before that was
“God Save the Queen”
, since they were a British colony.
4.
Sally Field
played
Tom Hanks’
mother in
“Forrest Gump”
just six years after she played his love interest in
“Punchline”
. She’s 10 years older than him in real life.
Here is today’s bonus fact:
5.
Chris Farley
had a cousin named Jim Farley . . . and he’s the president of Global Markets at Ford Motor Company. He also served as the CEO of Ford Europe from 2015 to 2017.
(
Wikipedia
/
New York Times
/
National Anthems
/
TheaterMania
/
Wikipedia
)